Description
Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-05 10:08:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-06 13:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)
Activation reason:
Hurricane Irma has been upgraded to a powerful category five storm as warnings have been issued for several Caribbean islands.
The hurricane had sustained winds of up to 280km/h.
Irma is projected to hit the islands, causing storm surges, life-threatening winds and torrential rain.
Reference products: 5
Delineation products: 5
Grading products: 8
Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Hurricane Irma in Antilles Islands (2017-09-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8c86f7db-a81e-44d6-9d0b-5e8b201165f8
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency France Rapid Mapping EMSR232 Mapping Storm Emergency Management FRA
Data access
All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.
Spatial coverage
Type | Value |
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GML | <gml:Envelope srsName="http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"><gml:lowerCorner>-63.1532576712 16.3075268923</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>-61.2840452875 18.126473312</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope> |
GEO | POLYGON((-63.1532576712 18.126473312,-61.2840452875 18.126473312,-61.2840452875 16.3075268923,-63.1532576712 16.3075268923,-63.1532576712 18.126473312)) |
GEO | {"type":"Polygon","crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"}},"coordinates":[[[-63.1532576712,18.126473312],[-61.2840452875,18.126473312],[-61.2840452875,16.3075268923],[-63.1532576712,16.3075268923],[-63.1532576712,18.126473312]]]} |
Lineage information
No additional information
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-04-23
- Modified date
- 2021-04-19
- Issued date
- 2017-09-05
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR232
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/8c86f7db-a81e-44d6-9d0b-5e8b201165f8
- Popularity
-